Author Topic: January results (Read 17556 times)

Mantis · « **Reply #50 on:** February 03, 2014, 08:44 »

Quote from: Rinderart on February 03, 2014, 01:26

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on February 02, 2014, 18:48
It's kinda sad that I post that microstock has become a waste of time and I get 17 plus posts for it. Time was when I would have got vilified for that (oops! it's just gone down to 16+ .... there are still people out ther who have hope! Good luck to you!).

I HEAR THAT!!. I left here for 3 years. because I told the truth as I saw it then, How i did it was wrong. The WOO HOO gang at IS shot me down then also. So much for that now. because I posted a erroneous story called "I did a test" stating at the time exclusives got better treatment and I lost $500 a month doing so. someone here turned me in and my account was closed. I know who it was.

Oh well. Im never sticking up again for "US" and yes.....Good luck to everyone. And I mean Good Luck and highly suggest you find options if ya wanna sell your work. And i would do it sooner than later. Most won't.

I wish I was positive. Im not. But if ya wanna earn a few hundred a month. This is the best way. You want more? then you better get real Busy...real quick. and I mean REAL BUSY and "REAL QUICK" in a few short months theres gonna be 10 Million more to compete with and thats the truth especially when they complete there "Farming" of new contributors in asia and beyond in the next year.. Im gonna let my 5500 Images sit and see what happens. Then give it to my daughter as an annuity and let her deal with it.

BTW...Your back to 17 Now....lol

Isn't it better to just get high?

Rinderart · « **Reply #51 on:** February 03, 2014, 10:25 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on February 03, 2014, 08:12

Quote from: Rinderart on February 03, 2014, 01:26
Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on February 02, 2014, 18:48
It's kinda sad that I post that microstock has become a waste of time and I get 17 plus posts for it. Time was when I would have got vilified for that (oops! it's just gone down to 16+ .... there are still people out ther who have hope! Good luck to you!).

I HEAR THAT!!. I left here for 3 years. because I told the truth as I saw it then, How i did it was wrong. The WOO HOO gang at IS shot me down then also. So much for that now. because I posted a erroneous story called "I did a test" stating at the time exclusives got better treatment and I lost $500 a month doing so. someone here turned me in and my account was closed. I know who it was.

Oh well. Im never sticking up again for "US" and yes.....Good luck to everyone. And I mean Good Luck and highly suggest you find options if ya wanna sell your work. And i would do it sooner than later. Most won't.

I wish I was positive. Im not. But if ya wanna earn a few hundred a month. This is the best way. You want more? then you better get real Busy...real quick. and I mean REAL BUSY and "REAL QUICK" in a few short months theres gonna be 10 Million more to compete with and thats the truth especially when they complete there "Farming" of new contributors in asia and beyond in the next year.. Im gonna let my 5500 Images sit and see what happens. Then give it to my daughter as an annuity and let her deal with it.

BTW...Your back to 17 Now....lol

what have changed in 2 days? (you have said at SS there is still hope, maybe you need to beg a little more and you will be happy)

making a garderning workshop tomorrow

That sounds great, I would come to that. lol

Rinderart · « **Reply #52 on:** February 03, 2014, 10:28 »

Quote from: Mantis on February 03, 2014, 08:44

Quote from: Rinderart on February 03, 2014, 01:26
Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on February 02, 2014, 18:48
It's kinda sad that I post that microstock has become a waste of time and I get 17 plus posts for it. Time was when I would have got vilified for that (oops! it's just gone down to 16+ .... there are still people out ther who have hope! Good luck to you!).

I HEAR THAT!!. I left here for 3 years. because I told the truth as I saw it then, How i did it was wrong. The WOO HOO gang at IS shot me down then also. So much for that now. because I posted a erroneous story called "I did a test" stating at the time exclusives got better treatment and I lost $500 a month doing so. someone here turned me in and my account was closed. I know who it was.

Oh well. Im never sticking up again for "US" and yes.....Good luck to everyone. And I mean Good Luck and highly suggest you find options if ya wanna sell your work. And i would do it sooner than later. Most won't.

I wish I was positive. Im not. But if ya wanna earn a few hundred a month. This is the best way. You want more? then you better get real Busy...real quick. and I mean REAL BUSY and "REAL QUICK" in a few short months theres gonna be 10 Million more to compete with and thats the truth especially when they complete there "Farming" of new contributors in asia and beyond in the next year.. Im gonna let my 5500 Images sit and see what happens. Then give it to my daughter as an annuity and let her deal with it.

BTW...Your back to 17 Now....lol

Isn't it better to just get high?

YES SIR!! Now your talking.

JPSDK · « **Reply #53 on:** February 03, 2014, 10:56 »

Its complicated.

There is no doubt that we are competing us self to death.
Both with quality and with quantity.

A couple of years ago on a shutterstock forum, I called it "supercompetition", when competition rises exponentially regarding numbers and also regarding the quality of pictures.
And what is exponentially x exponentially, matematically?
It is obvious that noone, not even Yuri, can last long in such a race. Everybody dies. Everybodys sales stall and fall. He was even so kind that he proved it for us, and went away, and parked his port in the trolls cabinet, soaring off to something else, where they had cellphones.

And now comes the complicated part.
Personal story:
My sales havent stalled and falled. Not back then, not now.
They only havent risen.
After a hectic start back in 2007, I have not been able to grow my sales much. It is still about the same daily number. But the RPD is growing so much that my earnings are the same or slowly rising.
It doesnt matter if I shoot many pictures of the queen, and it doesnt matter if I shot models with strange grimasses. The sales dont rise.
It only matters if there is something I do not shoot and upload in an improved way.
Meaning: I have my nische, which is butterflies, and my sales do drop, IF I do not upload a couple of splendid fantastic butterfly pictures every second month.

That leads me to say, that it is the quality and stockworthiness and keywords of your first 35 pictures that matters, nothing else.
If you can make 35 x 35, then you can step it up to the next level and add an extra zero to your numbers.
Like I think I could if I could shoot motorcycles as well as I can shoot butterflies.

grey1 · « **Reply #54 on:** February 03, 2014, 10:59 »

Quote from: Rinderart on February 03, 2014, 10:28

Quote from: Mantis on February 03, 2014, 08:44
Quote from: Rinderart on February 03, 2014, 01:26
Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on February 02, 2014, 18:48
It's kinda sad that I post that microstock has become a waste of time and I get 17 plus posts for it. Time was when I would have got vilified for that (oops! it's just gone down to 16+ .... there are still people out ther who have hope! Good luck to you!).

I HEAR THAT!!. I left here for 3 years. because I told the truth as I saw it then, How i did it was wrong. The WOO HOO gang at IS shot me down then also. So much for that now. because I posted a erroneous story called "I did a test" stating at the time exclusives got better treatment and I lost $500 a month doing so. someone here turned me in and my account was closed. I know who it was.

Oh well. Im never sticking up again for "US" and yes.....Good luck to everyone. And I mean Good Luck and highly suggest you find options if ya wanna sell your work. And i would do it sooner than later. Most won't.

I wish I was positive. Im not. But if ya wanna earn a few hundred a month. This is the best way. You want more? then you better get real Busy...real quick. and I mean REAL BUSY and "REAL QUICK" in a few short months theres gonna be 10 Million more to compete with and thats the truth especially when they complete there "Farming" of new contributors in asia and beyond in the next year.. Im gonna let my 5500 Images sit and see what happens. Then give it to my daughter as an annuity and let her deal with it.

BTW...Your back to 17 Now....lol

Isn't it better to just get high?

YES SIR!! Now your talking.

Come on man youre getting too old for that crap. Weed is for beginners.

Rinderart · « **Reply #55 on:** February 03, 2014, 11:12 »

Never. Old musicians never die. especially Old Long haired radical Hippies. Like they say, If ya remember the 60's...You weren't there. LOL

JPSDK · « **Reply #56 on:** February 03, 2014, 11:13 »

Quote from: Rinderart on February 03, 2014, 11:12

Never. Old musicians never die. especially Old Long haired radical Hippies. Like they say, If ya remember the 60's...You weren't there. LOL

Next thing you are going to say is, that you were one of the Beach Boys.

calcaneus10 · « **Reply #57 on:** February 03, 2014, 11:25 »

You can win in a big way if you become a factory. Check out this guy:

http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-137002p1.html

Africa Studio--390,000+ images and growing! Who is this mystery person (or people)? They must be buying out other portfolios or other people's pictures. That's the only way I can understand having that many images.

Seriously though, who is this?

??

ShadySue · « **Reply #58 on:** February 03, 2014, 11:36 »

Quote from: calcaneus10 on February 03, 2014, 11:25

You can win in a big way if you become a factory. Check out this guy:

http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-137002p1.html

Africa Studio--390,000+ images and growing! Who is this mystery person (or people)? They must be buying out other portfolios or other people's pictures. That's the only way I can understand having that many images.

Seriously though, who is this???

Odd to be called Africa Studio, and to have virtually nothing uniquely African in the port.

(judged only on a search within on Africa, I didn't go through all the port!) Even if based in RSA, I'd have expected more of an African flavour.

grey1 · « **Reply #59 on:** February 03, 2014, 11:38 »

Quote from: Rinderart on February 03, 2014, 11:12

Never. Old musicians never die. especially Old Long haired radical Hippies. Like they say, If ya remember the 60's...You weren't there. LOL

Oh I was there. Woodstock, flower power and everything. We are blessed with that. Most here would not even know what we are talking about. All they know is Brittany Spears and Bionce. LOL!!!!

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #60 on:** February 03, 2014, 12:03 »

Quote from: calcaneus10 on February 03, 2014, 11:25

You can win in a big way if you become a factory. Check out this guy:

http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-137002p1.html

Africa Studio--390,000+ images and growing! Who is this mystery person (or people)? They must be buying out other portfolios or other people's pictures. That's the only way I can understand having that many images.

Seriously though, who is this???

Wow, that's a lot of images.

ShadySue · « **Reply #61 on:** February 03, 2014, 12:59 »

Oooops, sorry for being so dim.
We all know who's based in RSA and has American-style images produced by his factories.
Hold on to your SS shares - their price will rise again.

</speculation>

gostwyck · « **Reply #62 on:** February 03, 2014, 13:15 »

Quote from: ShadySue on February 03, 2014, 12:59

Oooops, sorry for being so dim.
We all know who's based in RSA and has American-style images produced by his factories.
Hold on to your SS shares - their price will rise again.
</speculation>

I think you're somewhat wide of the mark. According to Africa Studio's portfolio on FT they are based in Ukraine.

http://en.fotolia.com/p/293313

ShadySue · « **Reply #63 on:** February 03, 2014, 13:16 »

Quote from: gostwyck on February 03, 2014, 13:15

Quote from: ShadySue on February 03, 2014, 12:59
Oooops, sorry for being so dim.
We all know who's based in RSA and has American-style images produced by his factories.
Hold on to your SS shares - their price will rise again.
</speculation>

I think you're somewhat wide of the mark. According to Africa Studio's portfolio on FT they are based in Ukraine.

http://en.fotolia.com/p/293313

Oh, OK, that's a relief, in a way. Strange name! Thanks for the info.

gostwyck · « **Reply #64 on:** February 03, 2014, 13:23 »

Quote from: ShadySue on February 03, 2014, 13:16

Quote from: gostwyck on February 03, 2014, 13:15
Quote from: ShadySue on February 03, 2014, 12:59
Oooops, sorry for being so dim.
We all know who's based in RSA and has American-style images produced by his factories.
Hold on to your SS shares - their price will rise again.
</speculation>

I think you're somewhat wide of the mark. According to Africa Studio's portfolio on FT they are based in Ukraine.

http://en.fotolia.com/p/293313

Oh, OK, that's a relief, in a way. Strange name! Thanks for the info.

On Istock they are member 'belchonock' but appear to have given up uploading to IS in 2010;

http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=2535718

gostwyck · « **Reply #65 on:** February 03, 2014, 14:06 »

Back on-topic ...

Assuming average PP earnings my January should be just above Jan 2013 (+2%).

SS was equal, IS was well down due to the price decrease, DT and FT (most unusually) were significantly up and BigStock was up a little.

melastmohican · « **Reply #66 on:** February 03, 2014, 14:11 »

It all depends on number of extended license I got. For most of the month I did not have any so I was thinking January would be quite lousy. In last week of the month I went back on track.

ShadySue · « **Reply #67 on:** February 03, 2014, 14:22 »

Quote from: gostwyck on February 03, 2014, 13:23

Quote from: ShadySue on February 03, 2014, 13:16
Quote from: gostwyck on February 03, 2014, 13:15
Quote from: ShadySue on February 03, 2014, 12:59
Oooops, sorry for being so dim.
We all know who's based in RSA and has American-style images produced by his factories.
Hold on to your SS shares - their price will rise again.
</speculation>

I think you're somewhat wide of the mark. According to Africa Studio's portfolio on FT they are based in Ukraine.

http://en.fotolia.com/p/293313

Oh, OK, that's a relief, in a way. Strange name! Thanks for the info.

On Istock they are member 'belchonock' but appear to have given up uploading to IS in 2010;

http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=2535718

No, they uploaded this one on 23rd January this year:
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-33687934-two-girl-friends-smiling-isolated-on-white.php?st=446d6a0
I noticed last night that the 'newest' sort isn't working, when I was trying to find the oldest file I had in a particular search. (Also, in editorial files, the upload date seems inevitably the same as the 'date taken', even when it definitely shouldn't be.)

luissantos84 · « **Reply #68 on:** February 03, 2014, 14:33 »

Quote from: ShadySue on February 03, 2014, 14:22

No, they uploaded this one on 23rd January this year:
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-33687934-two-girl-friends-smiling-isolated-on-white.php?st=446d6a0
I noticed last night that the 'newest' sort isn't working, when I was trying to find the oldest file I had in a particular search. (Also, in editorial files, the upload date seems inevitably the same as the 'date taken', even when it definitely shouldn't be.)

yeah, 1890 new files uploaded in January 2014, actually 2340

Goofy · « **Reply #69 on:** February 03, 2014, 14:37 »

the downside of a company consisting of several photographers would be how to set up the commissions. I've thought about having a few friends join my side business but than decide no- not worth the fighting of $.36 images lol!

Newsfocus1 · « **Reply #70 on:** February 03, 2014, 14:44 »

(Also, in editorial files, the upload date seems inevitably the same as the 'date taken', even when it definitely shouldn't be.)
[/quote]

Good spot! Turns out I have been uploading to Istock since 1976

ETA Apologies to Shadysue for * up your quote!
ETA I said m-u-c-k-i-n-g up your quote!

wordplanet · « **Reply #71 on:** February 03, 2014, 18:40 »

Micro earnings are higher than last January overall, though SS my best earner, is down a bit from last January which is worrying. Still, SS earnings are generally showing an upward trend & new files are starting to sell more. RPI across my big three micros averages out to roughly the same as it was last January, so with RPI pretty steady, I'm still seeing a decent increase overall as I upload more files.

Responding to the RM discussions below, I licensed 7 RM images this month, one on my own, two through Alamy, and four through a German site I was invited to join last year. The single largest of those earned me more than I made from all the micros combined. Also just had a photo shortlisted at ImageBrief last week, so I'm inclined to keep holding back certain types of images as RM.

February sales have been brisk even over Superbowl weekend, which is a nice way to start this month. I can't predict the future so I'll just keep chugging along and keeping my eggs in many baskets.

oboy · « **Reply #72 on:** February 03, 2014, 19:21 »

January was down 19% compared to December and 46% up compared to January 2013.
Best four in January 2014 were: Shutterstock, DepositPhotos, Zazzle (POD), 3dRose (POD)

Blog Post: http://microstockinfos.blogspot.com/2014/02/stock-photography-sales-statistic.html
List of agencies I work with: http://stock.hlehnerer.com/SA.html

(This statistic includes referral income)

4seasons · « **Reply #73 on:** February 03, 2014, 20:12 »

SS - Good.
IS - they still exist?
FT - they still exist?
DT - they still exist?
Big.. - they still exist?
Can.. - they still exist?
Deposit.. - they still exist?
Self Hosted - ~~they still exist?~~ OK, I'm working on it.
So the best for me was Zazzle with a one massive purchase of $180 among other good sales.

calcaneus10 · « **Reply #74 on:** February 04, 2014, 11:17 »

Nice detective work gostwyck

Although January was a BME for me, revenue was not commensurate with the number of pictures put up. Sales did not pick up until the third week. So January was pretty bad. Luckily, February has been good...finally hit >200 downloads in a day yesterday on SS

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Author Topic: January results (Read 17556 times)

Mantis

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Rinderart

JPSDK

grey1

Rinderart

JPSDK

calcaneus10

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grey1

Sean Locke Photography

ShadySue

gostwyck

ShadySue

gostwyck

gostwyck

melastmohican

ShadySue

luissantos84

Goofy

Newsfocus1

wordplanet

oboy

4seasons

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